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Confused about separate 2.4ghz and 5ghz WiFi on new router
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<blockquote data-quote="Digerati" data-source="post: 928608" data-attributes="member: 59833"><p>Sorry but not true. Well, you say "reach" then yeah since RF essentially goes nearly forever until blocked. And that's the problem - it does not take much to block 5GHz. </p><p></p><p>The number of barriers (walls, floors, and ceilings) play a big roll there. Even a simple wallboard wall with wood studs can greatly attenuate 5GHz. Add a floor or a ceiling and 5GHz could become ineffective. Put a bunch of electrical wires and metal pipes in that wall, or metal file cabinet between the AP and the wifi device and forget about it. </p><p></p><p>5GHz is great for line-of-sight with no barriers up to about 50 feet. Beyond that, or you start adding barriers, and performance significantly degrades.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Digerati, post: 928608, member: 59833"] Sorry but not true. Well, you say "reach" then yeah since RF essentially goes nearly forever until blocked. And that's the problem - it does not take much to block 5GHz. The number of barriers (walls, floors, and ceilings) play a big roll there. Even a simple wallboard wall with wood studs can greatly attenuate 5GHz. Add a floor or a ceiling and 5GHz could become ineffective. Put a bunch of electrical wires and metal pipes in that wall, or metal file cabinet between the AP and the wifi device and forget about it. 5GHz is great for line-of-sight with no barriers up to about 50 feet. Beyond that, or you start adding barriers, and performance significantly degrades. [/QUOTE]
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